The following is an example Offline QA report which can be copied to a local working directory, edited and emailed to 'starqa-hn.' The UNIX text file is located at RCF in the STAR AFS area: /afs/rhic/star/doc_public/www/comp/qa/shifts/offline_qa_report_example.txt. The information in this example is entirely fictitious.
You may also copy and edit previously generated ASCII text reports produced by the QA Shift web based report form. These reports are archived in the `starqa-hn' hypernews starting on July 25, 2001.
Offline QA and Production Monitoring Shift Report
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NAME: Alex Schomberg
DATE: July 4, 2001
Shift# (2/3): 2
Actual Start/Stop Time in BNL time zone: 07:30,16:30
Location of Shift Work: BNL
Phone number to be contacted during next 24 hrs. 631-344-xxxx
email: alexsch@startlingstories.com
Auto QA Browser Status during shift:
Browser availability? (always, mostly, seldom, never) mostly
QA ps files accessible? ( " " " " ) always
If problems, who was contacted? starqa-hn
Comments about Auto QA:[Browser not available for 1 hour ]
Type of Data checked during shift:
Real Data Production (y/n) y
Real Data Nightly Tests n
MC Data Production n
MC Data Nightly Tests y
Auto QA Production Status (Rcas/LSF Monitor):
Up and running OK (y/n)? y
Were jobs stalled (y/n)? y
If stalled, was starqa-hn@coburn.star.bnl.gov contacted?
(y/n) y
Comments:[2 QA jobs sat in the queue for several hours,
these were restarted during shift.]
DST Production Status:
Up and running OK (y/n)? y
Were jobs stalled (y/n) n, or crashed (y/n)? n
Other types of problems ? ______________________________
If problems found was starprod-hn@coburn.star.bnl.gov notified?
(y/n)_____
Comments:[ ]
QA SUMMARY FOR REAL DATA PRODUCTION
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Ref# RunID JobID File DST Job QA Job #events
Seq# Status Status processed
1 1242030 100020360/P00hg/SL00g 5 completed OK 450
2 1242031 100020361/P00hg/SL01a 2 crashed crash 0
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Ref# Mult #prim HITS EMC Glob Z Prim Prim de V0 scl Comments
vrtx SMD DCA trk vrtx dx
---------------|----|---|----|---|----|----|--|--|---|--------|
1 L 211 ++++ +++ ++++ + +++ + + + +
1 M 55 ++++ XXX ++++ ? +++ + - - - A,B
2 H 23 +X++ +++ ++++ X +++ + + + + C,D
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Job Specific Comments:
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A. No EMC hits
B. Slanted Z-DCA bands wrt azimuthal angle, TPC distortions ?
C. SVT hits unusully low in outer barrel
D. Split Z-DCA vs tanl bands, bad TPC t0 calibration suspected
General Comments:
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QA SUMMARY FOR REAL DATA NIGHTLY TESTS
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Ref# RunID JobID File DST Job QA Job #events
Seq# Status Status processed
________________________________________________________________________
Ref# Mult #prim HITS EMC Glob Z Prim Prim de V0 scl Comments
vrtx SMD DCA trk vrtx dx
---------------|----|---|----|---|----|----|--|--|---|--------|
________________________________________________________________________
Job Specific Comments:
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General Comments:
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QA SUMMARY FOR MC DATA PRODUCTION
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________________________________________________________________________
Ref# RunID JobID File DST Job QA Job #events
Seq# Status Status processed
________________________________________________________________________
Ref# Mult #prim HITS EMC Glob Z Prim Prim de V0 scl Comments
vrtx SMD DCA trk vrtx dx
---------------|----|---|----|---|----|----|--|--|---|--------|
________________________________________________________________________
Job Specific Comments:
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General Comments:
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QA SUMMARY FOR MC NIGHTLY TESTS
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Ref# RunID JobID File DST Job QA Job #events
Seq# Status Status processed
1 100020360/P00hg/SL00g 5 completed OK 40
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Ref# Mult #prim HITS EMC Glob Z Prim Prim de V0 scl Comments
vrtx SMD DCA trk vrtx dx
---------------|----|---|----|---|----|----|--|--|---|--------|
1 A 40 ++++ +++ ++++ + +++ + + + +
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Job Specific Comments:
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General Comments:
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Problem Reporting:
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Hardware/detector problems suspected (y/n)? y
if so, who was contacted? Shift leader Robert E.
Howard contacted.
Calibration problems suspected (y/n)? y
if so, who was contacted? TPC calib software expert
Margaret Brundage contacted.
Reconstruction software problems suspected (y/n)? y
if so, who was contacted? EMC and SVT reco software
experts Justin Case and Virgil Finlay contacted.
END-OF-REPORT-----------------------------------------------------------